Traces the r.ots of unrest that burst into conflict between Israel and Egypt in the lightning war of 1967.
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It's for. Peace and freedom. All. Evils of the Lady Liberty and Peace. Peace. Must only in the living. Almost all insane. And security. Burning on rest in the Middle East it is hot as a desert sand and as old as recorded history. Three thousand years ago the twenty condemns of Israel and Judah flourished in the ancient land of Zion the. Greater Arab oil your scame unconquered rolling and rolling the desert for hundreds of years. To Jews and Muslims the city of Jerusalem the game a symbol of age old conflict and bitter dispute. The of the militant Arabs claim to territorial rights to Jerusalem and Palestine that was a thousand years old. But the determined leaders of Zionism created a right that was even older dating to the time of King Solomon and the sacred wailing wall a relic of Solomon's Temple that still stands. In one thousand nine hundred eighty eight David Ben-Gurion the George Washington. Of Israel's lead his people and his country to independence the new nation was carved out of territories that the Arab powers in the Middle East claimed as their own who the US Her independence had been won. Now freedom must be secured. This sounds the so-called Arab League ball the total defeat and I'll a show of the infant nation. King Farouk of Egypt pledged his support and Abdullah of Jordan directed his British trained and equipped army to take a battle positions on the Israeli border the Jordanian forces we're joined by military regiments from Syria Egypt Iraq Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. Israel stood alone one nation against sects they Obs were great but the young country's love of freedom was greater Her people who wanted only peace took up the weapons of war. Israel came under siege. Now Bast and struck back an astonished world saw the Arab invaders hurled back on all fronts. The During the bitter fighting Israel lost none of our original territories and actually increased her area by the percent the it's split in a mom the Arab troops were in full retreat and the United Nations was able to arrange it folks lives. In one nine hundred fifty four. Seized power in Egypt and proclaimed himself a new leader of the Moslem crusade to drive Israel into the sea. Burstein ago she did the withdrawal of British troops from the Suez Canal Zone. Not long after the first saw the a chip since World War one pass through the canal. Russia vital interest in the strategic waterway. Gyptian leader radios however to let Israeli of assholes you is akin. To once again the Muslim nations of the Middle East and circling Israel numbering her own populations sixty million to three million. Plotted new and provocative actions. Nasser negotiated a military alliance of Arab nations to implode. King Hussein of Jordan and King so of Saudi Arabia. Syria also joined in the treaty as the Arab block. Witnessed its solidarity to the world. In November nineteenth fifty six Israel invaded Egypt to wipe our border bases that she said had been used to attack Israeli villages. Within a week friends in England intervened on the side of Israel. French paratroopers dropped on the canal zone while British Invasion units waded ashore. Nasser suffered his worst defeat since coming to power is Ami was no match for the Anglo-French Israeli forces thousands of Egyptians are rendered. The victorious soldiers of Israel had been direct. And by General Marshall Diane during an brilliant field leaders. The Israeli army was in complete command. The victory secure when the United Nations. Acted and with American banking Secretary-General dot com are sure old persuaded the British French and Israeli forces to lay down their arms and withdraw. Traveling to car all the secretary general negotiated an agreement with Nasser that would enable a U.N. peacekeeping force to take a border positions on Egyptian soil. The intervention of the United Nations Brock to win and the second grade prices in eight years in the Middle East. But again Israel had extended their borders again her conquests have displaced tens of thousands of Arabs from territory claimed as their own and again no real basis had been found for a lasting peace. Hailing the U.N. intervention. Nasser blamed a great Egypt in the Quran and throughout the Arab world he was compared to some of the hero of the group same. As the years the Egyptian leader of the Guinness to speak of still another holy war against Israel. Militarism again is on the line and even the very young are caught up in that search for say. Purchased with the Gyptian caught Russian equipment makes up the backbone of his armed might. Then in one nine hundred sixty seven the Egyptian leader turns to the Gulf of Aqaba to a clan slate threats against Israel into a provocative action. And a dramatic announcement made in Cairo. Master tells the world of the strait of Tehran controlling access to and from. Gulf of Aqaba is being close to Israel Egypt and. The action cutoff Israel's water link with the Red Sea. While the United Nations struggles to preserve the peace the Egyptian leader take still another stamp that will involve directly the U.N.. Has secretary general who found this informed that Egypt will no longer allow the UN peacekeeping force story Maine on our soil. Israeli aircraft go on alert as Egyptian troops move into the Sinai Peninsula and one Israeli border towns are shelled the pilots are ordered to attack. The Israeli aircraft taking off from widely scattered bases flying carefully coordinated patterns. Striking simultaneously a targets and Egypt Syria Jordan the surprise attack gives his real complete control of the air hundreds of Egyptian planes are destroyed and Syria and Jordan. Suffer a similar crippling loss and. The Israeli military machine top on by to earlier wars. Unleashes a lightning strike that will overshadow even the spectacular victory of one hundred fifty six this time Israel will do it without the British and French. Newspaper headlines record the start of the war and the smashing success of the Israeli forces. The swirling sands of the Sinai desert the come on dusty road to victory as armored units route the enemy and raising him. The story is the same on all fronts the bond on Jordanian army is in full retreat the soldiers of Syria playing by their lines. In seventy two hours the Israeli assault sweeps to the banks of this always going to. One's spirit this pushed westward to Soyuz another strength is directed software into the Straits of Tiran here to the Israeli juggernaut Brian's relentlessly bought its goals. Casualties are lined on both sides as the Egyptian troops show neither the desire nor the ability to engage the Israeli soldiers. And with the same ease that they reached the shores of Suez the Victoria zombies achieve another objective the Sharm al Sheikh commanding the straight up Iraq. News general motion Diane has returned to win new military a claim as the architect of the jury in the like mean war of one nine hundred sixty seven. Minutes then in six incredible day the Arab nations are totally totally defeated captured Russian the quip month stands as milk testimony to the military disaster and so when are U.N. cease fire is negotiated Russia seeks to win diplomatically. Want our allies had lost in the war. The criminal acts and go seek and comes to New York to attend a special session of the United Nations General Assembly called to discuss and debate the newest crisis in the Middle East. The Soviet Brit mirrors conduct in the Assembly a small restrained more temperate than the shoe pounding exhibition put on by Nikita Krushchev in one hundred sixty. Four. But go seek in his words are just as harsh just as intemperate he demands U.N. condemnation of Israeli aggression. A media and unconditional withdrawal of Israeli forces and reparations to Egypt Syria and Jordan are Russian leaders words fall on deaf ears Lee assembly adjourns without any concrete actions or resolve the small ring dispute the should your thoughts or to question him sort of. But by the third time in twenty years. U.N. peacekeeping detachments take up their watch on the problem borders of Israel. Large areas remain in dispute. Israel has an X. the Old City of Jerusalem from Jordan. Despite protests from the United States many free world nations and of course the Arab countries on Russia. The war has created a new refugee camps to add to the settlements that have sprung up in the desert. Since Israel first gained independence in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight. Now it's the more than a million Arabs have been displaced in the two decades of turmoil. And helpless they struggle to survive while the search for peace lasting peace goes off. Victorious Israel insists that any settlement of territorial problems most common direct negotiations with Arab leaders but her reluctance to return all conquered areas. Unites the Arab world in solid opposition and creates apprehension among those countries sympathetic to Israel ever gone it's one so again Boris seems to have solved and settled nothing and the cradle of civilization continues to be.
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